Philip Larkin's second collection The Less Deceived was published by The Marvell Press in 1955 & now appears for the first time in Faber covers The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in Till wind distresses tail & mane; Then one crops grass & moves about
- The other seeming to look on
- & stands anonymous again from ' At Grass'

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016 From the writer of one of the most memorable debuts of recent years An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor This older man has a disturbing past that the young girl is unprepared for The young girl has a troubling past of her own This is her story & their story The Lesser Bohemians is about sexual passion It is about innocence & the loss of it At once epic & exquisitely intimate it is a celebration of the dark & the light in love ...

WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD The vibrant energy of 1990s London A year of passion & discovery The anxiety & intensity of new love An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor While she is naive & thrilled by life in the big city he is haunted by demons & the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both At once epic & exquisitely intimate The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark & the light in love ...

The 1 EBook Bestseller Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes in our darkest hour hope shines a candle to light our way Discover THE LETTER by Kathryn Hughes the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide 'A wonderful uplifting story' Lesley Pearse And if you love THE LETTER you will adore Kathryn's second novel THE SECRET Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit she comes across an old letter the envelope firmly sealed & unfranked Tina opens the letter & reads it
- a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool but hopes he can put things right On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future It does
- in more ways than he can ever imagine The Letter tells the story of two women born decades apart whose paths are destined to cross & how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation

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A gorgeous winter edition of the bestselling classic fantasy novel acclaimed as a Times Sunday Times & Metro Book of the Year When Tiuri answers a desperate call for help he finds himself on a perilous mission that could cost him his life He must deliver a secret letter to the King who lives across the great Mountains
- a letter upon which the future of the entire realm depends It means abandoning his home breaking all the rules & leaving everything behind
- even the knighthood he has dreamed of for so long The fate of a kingdom depends on just one person He must trust no one He must keep his true identity secret Above all he must never reveal what is in the letter

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A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough&s letters The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture In this Penguin Classics edition the letters are selected & edited by Ronald de Leeuw & translated by Arnold Pomerans in Penguin Classics Few artists& letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh&s & this selection spanning his artistic career sheds light on every facet of the life & work of this complex & tortured man Engaging candidly & movingly with his religious struggles his ill-fated search for love his attacks of mental illness & his relation with his brother Theo the letters contradict the popular myth of van Gogh as an anti-social madman & a martyr to art showing instead a man of great emotional & spiritual depths Above all they stand as an intense personal narrative of artistic development & a unique account of the process of creation The letters are linked by explanatory biographical passages revealing van Gogh&s inner journey as well as the outer facts of his life This edition also

Includes:: the drawings that originally illustrated the letters Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland In 1885 he painted his first masterpiece The Potato Eaters a haunting scene of domestic poverty A year later he began studying in Paris where he met Gauguin Toulouse-Lautrec & Seurat who became very important influences on his work In 1888 he left Paris for the Provencal landscape at Arles the subject of many of his best works including Sunflowers If you enjoyed The Letters of Vincent van Gogh you might also like 100 Artists Manifestos available in Penguin Modern Classics& If there was ever any doubt that Van Gogh&s letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation Cellini&s autobiography & Delacroix&s journal this excellent new edition dispels it& The Times

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The classic World War II trilogy ' The finest fictional record of the war produced by a British writer' Anthony Burgess As Rommel advances in wartorn Egypt the lives of the civilian population come under threat One such couple are Guy & Harriet Pringle who have escaped the war in Europe only to find the conflict once more on their doorstep providing a volatile backdrop to their own personal battles The civilian world meets the military through the figure of Simon Boulderstone a young army officer who will witness the tragedy & tension of war on the frontier at first hand An outstanding author of wartime fiction Olivia Manning brilliantly evokes here the world of the Levant
- Egypt Jerusalem & Syria
- with perception & subtlety humour & humanity

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Chess fans saw a red queen brought to life in Harry Potter & the Philosopher&s Stone She came from what is perhaps the world&s most mysterious & imaginatively-crafted chess set -- 73 carved pieces probably dating to the 1200&s The famous Chess men (and women) comprise the world&s oldest complete chess set (or parts of several sets) The treasure trove was discovered 15 feet deep in the sand in Lewis in Scotland&s northern Outer Hebrides in the late 19th century Scandinavian outposts were known to be there as early as the 1200&s when the pieces were probably crafted That chess was played in the Middle Ages with such extraordinary works of art tantalizes the imagination Who were these people whose likenesses have been so whimsically & realistically depicted that they come alive for us today? Who played the game? These kings & queens bishops with miters on their heads knights mounted on rather small horses & holding spears & shields rooks with shields & a wild expression & pawns in the shape of obelisks -- all so very human Some of the pieces contain red stains suggesting perhaps that the sets had some colorings unlike modern black & white pieces " This is the first forensic account of modern research into the Chessmen" according to Ancientchesscom The "unmasked" in the book&s title refers to new controversies about their origin & about who might have owned
- & lost
- them
- & about the trade & state of society where they were crafted


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LOVED THE BLACKHOUSE? THE TRILOGY CONTINUES WITH THE LEWIS MAN AS FIN MACLEOD RETURNS IN AN INGENIOUS CRIME THRILLER ABOUT MEMORY & MURDERA MAN WITH NO NAMEAn unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog; the only clue to its identity being a DNA sibling match to a local farmer A MAN WITH NO MEMORYBut this islander Tormod Macdonald
- now an elderly man suffering from dementia
- has always claimed to be an only child A MAN WITH NO CHOICEWhen Tormod's family approach Fin Macleod for help Fin feels duty-bound to solve the mystery

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Finding himself suspended from work the Li&l Depressed Boy spends the week getting closer to his girlfriend Spike However several stressors appear threatening to ruin this unplanned vacation Collects The Li&l Depressed Boy Supposed To Be There Too 1-5 ...